Respeito (Respect): Sarah Frost's "Arsenal"

The entire Gun Registry is represented here it seems...

This image was just visually arresting, I love artistic pieces like this that do nothing more than beg a hearty discussion upon leaving such an exhibit.  Sarah Frost manages to capture the fascination we as a modern society seem to have with guns.

"P.P.O.W will host Sarah Frost’s first solo exhibition from April 14 to May 14, 2011 in New York City. Frost’s installations focus on a new found interest in paper gun making – the artist having recently discovered an online community of paper craftsmen (mostly boys) through Youtube. With this basis, Frost creates environments that fully immerse the viewer in her monumental arsenal."


Thoroughly engrossing,  this exhibit is a definite must-see especially because the intricate, realistic guns were actually made with paper! Its almost as if they seem like they are made of cold steel with a hot temper buried deep inside.  I love how they are suspended their too in organized chaos.  I mean in a time when we can't seem to avoid going to war this exhibit is highly relevant.  

What are your thoughts on the images?


Via: Selectism 


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Cloud 10 Status: "Andy Warhol: The Last Decade"

The Brooklyn Museum of Art is the current home of the Andy Warhol exhibit (tell me why am I blogging when I am supposed to be packing??) Anyway these images according to Selectism are from the artist's final catalogue before his untimely demise.  I must say the style Warhol employed are a marked departure from his previous work especially his dalliances with Hollywood A-list celebrities that created those infamous paintings we've come to love.  The picture that contain the words 'Origin of Cotton' are similar to what Warhol did when he collaborated with the legendary Jean-Michel Basquiat.


Photographer Jake Breinholt is responsible for the images. 

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Via: Selectism

Respeito (Respect): Willy Verginer

Italian artist and sculptor Willy Verginer chose wood as his medium and the end results are mind-boggling.  Yall know besides music and and an appreciation for dope fashion I am an art buff (which reminds me I need to check out the Art Museum soon).  But these pieces in their minimal setting speak so much.   Willy Verginer carves wood into human figures that look almost life-like and tell a story. The pop of color applied to each piece just adds another layer to the dynamic pieces.  Very thought-provoking indeed.  Respeito!


Click Read More to see more Awesome work from the sculptor...

Via: Cool Hunting

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